A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 1136

After the local cops had closed off the scene and investigated the cause of the shooting, they confirmed that Tyler had committed suicide and got in touch with the authorities in his home country. Those cops, after getting the lowdown on the story, passed the buck back to the local police. They sent Tyler's body to the crematorium to be turned into ashes.

Liana watched as Tyler's body was tossed into the cremator. When his body suddenly sat up due to nerve reflex, she wished it was real. But as a doctor, she knew the score. For about three days after someone dies, their muscles aren't totally dead yet. When the muscle tissue feels the scorching pain, it causes a nerve reflex. Tyler sitting up in the cremator was just his body's muscles reacting to the pain. Tyler was gone, never to return.

He'd protected her before he died, shielding her from any fallout, but got branded as a rapist and kidnapper himself. His reputation was shot to hell after he died, and Hackett wiped him out of the family tree. The Howell family wouldn't have a Tyler anymore. Just to save their image, they still had someone come to pick up Tyler's ashes.

Along with Hackett came Karan, and the kid she had in her later years. The kid, only seven, was named Damien Howell. He was young, but his gaze was ice-cold. When Liana handed over Tyler's urn to Damien, he just took it for a moment, then recoiled like it was a box of trash, and tossed it to a servant behind him. He never looked at it again.

Liana didn't have much to say. She was the one who'd killed Tyler, after all. What could she expect from a seven-year-old kid? Especially when Tyler hadn't exactly been nice to the kid.

Still, why did Karan crack a smile when she touched Tyler's urn? She'd been the one to drive Tyler's mother to her death, ruining Tyler's life. How the hell could she still smile?